Rejoice evermore: looking for the music
  • canadashcanadash
    Posts: 1,501
    I am looking for more information on the following hymn. All I have is the text, which I found at Hymnsrepo: A Catholic Hymn Repository. It is based on 1 Thessalonians:5 16-18. If you have the tune and it is not under copyright, I would appreciate seeing it.

    Thanks!


    Rejoice evermore
    Rejoice evermore for this is the will of God (x3)

    In Christ Jesus concerning you.
    Sing alleluia to the Lord our God,
    Enter His courts with songs of praise!
    Sing alleluia to the Lord our God,
    Enter His courts with songs of praise!

    Pray without ceasing for this is the will of God (x3)
    In Christ Jesus concerning you.

    In everything give thanks for this is the will of God (x3)
    In Christ Jesus concerning you.
  • Liam
    Posts: 5,093
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCm7D6XSWWU
    Thanked by 1canadash
  • canadashcanadash
    Posts: 1,501
    Well, thanks Liam. Not what I expected!
    Thanked by 1CharlesW
  • Liam
    Posts: 5,093
    Your prelude could be a chaconne on that theme.
    Thanked by 1canadash
  • canadashcanadash
    Posts: 1,501
    The search was actually for a friend of mine who is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. I think she was looking for something based on the bible verse and found it. It said it was "Catholic" and I think I'm the only Catholic she knows. I wonder if she will find it not in keeping with what her perceptions of Catholic music might be. It certainly reminds me of the music I learned in elementary school.
    Thanked by 1CharlesW
  • PaxMelodious
    Posts: 443
    http://the-catholicchurch.org/ appears to be the website of a diocese in India.

    The harm done by missionaries in developing nations is immense.
  • Liam
    Posts: 5,093
    It's arguably better than Mother Rat. Which isn't saying much.
  • CharlesW
    Posts: 11,982
    Lilly skinned fellow from across the sea.
    I'll eat you or you'll eat me.

    Sung by former cannibals to the tune of "Jesus Loves Me" after being taught by English missionaries. I remember it from a Wodehouse book, but don't remember which one. At least, I think it was Wodehouse.
  • M. Jackson Osborn
    Posts: 8,415
    A good sniff of the realities of early XXth century Catholic missionary efforts in China (and of everyday Catholicism at home) may be had from reading A.J. Cronin's The Keys of the Kingdom. Rather disillusioning.
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,216
    That song beats most of the stuff in the Gather book. :-)

    For more peeks into the life of the Church in India, see the Catholic television channel "Shalom Television": https://shalomtv.tv/americalive/

    (not to be confused with a similarly named venture, also from India, but with a lot of programs from other countries: http://www.shalomworldtv.org/live )
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